Below are our rankings of America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges—our exclusive list of schools ranked according to how well they help non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices. The list is created by isolating the social mobility metrics from the main rankings of four-year institutions. Click here for detailed methodology, here for all of our other rankings, and here to download the full data set.
| Rank | Name | 8-year graduation rate | Pell/non-Pell graduation rate gap | Number of Pell graduates | Actual vs. predicted Pell enrollment | Net price of attendance for families below $75,000 income | % of loan principal remaining 5 years later | Predicted principal remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigham Young University (UT) | 86% | -9% | 1196 | 24% | 10608 | 44% | 55% |
| 2 | University of WA–Tacoma (WA)* | 76% | -1% | 472 | 10% | 7187 | 43% | 57% |
| 3 | CA State University–Los Angeles (CA)* | 67% | -3% | 2390 | 16% | 2833 | 63% | 70% |
| 4 | CA State U.–Maritime Academy (CA)* | 69% | -8% | 68 | 1% | 16298 | 36% | 51% |
| 5 | CA State University–Stanislaus (CA)* | 69% | 0% | 961 | 19% | 4976 | 58% | 67% |
| 6 | CA State University–Northridge (CA)* | 68% | -8% | 3429 | 11% | 7109 | 60% | 67% |
| 7 | Stanford University (CA) | 96% | -2% | 261 | 4% | 1446 | 32% | 38% |
| 8 | Brigham Young University–ID (ID) | 67% | -8% | 1126 | 5% | 4479 | 52% | 59% |
| 9 | Harvey Mudd College (CA) | 94% | 0% | 25 | 11% | 18642 | 13% | 28% |
| 10 | CA State University–Sacramento (CA)* | 69% | -7% | 2618 | 11% | 8551 | 58% | 61% |
| 11 | CA State Univ.–Dominguez Hills (CA)* | 64% | -4% | 1464 | 20% | 3287 | 67% | 72% |
| 12 | Pacific Rim Christian Univ. (HI) | 76% | 49% | 13 | -7% | 14880 | 66% | 74% |
| 13 | CA State University–Bakersfield (CA)* | 56% | -5% | 873 | 18% | 5093 | 65% | 69% |
| 14 | CA State University–Chico (CA)* | 74% | -10% | 1267 | 7% | 12336 | 51% | 60% |
| 15 | Evergreen State College (WA)* | 68% | -4% | 564 | 15% | 11208 | 60% | 61% |
| 16 | University of California–Davis (CA)* | 88% | -5% | 2721 | 9% | 11191 | 38% | 48% |
| 17 | California Institute of Tech. (CA) | 93% | 4% | 23 | 3% | 5991 | 28% | 27% |
| 18 | CA Poly. St. U.–San Luis Obispo (CA)* | 84% | -7% | 780 | 3% | 15104 | 33% | 41% |
| 19 | Utah State University (UT)* | 55% | 4% | 976 | 14% | 11442 | 53% | 61% |
| 20 | Warner Pacific Univ. Adult Prog. (OR) | 61% | 20% | 111 | -10% | 14477 | 66% | 69% |
| 21 | CA State Poly. Univ.–Pomona (CA)* | 77% | -5% | 1780 | 16% | 11153 | 51% | 55% |
| 22 | CA State University–Fresno (CA)* | 69% | -10% | 2009 | 12% | 4874 | 60% | 65% |
| 23 | Univ. of California–Merced (CA)* | 69% | -4% | 669 | 23% | 11351 | 50% | 60% |
| 24 | CA State Univ.–San Bernardino (CA)* | 70% | -5% | 1924 | 14% | 6745 | 68% | 70% |
| 25 | CA State Univ.–Channel Islands (CA)* | 71% | -4% | 465 | 11% | 12959 | 52% | 64% |
| 26 | CA State University–Long Beach (CA)* | 79% | -4% | 3050 | 10% | 7660 | 53% | 57% |
| 27 | Claremont McKenna College (CA) | 93% | -5% | 38 | 2% | 11018 | 31% | 37% |
| 28 | California State Univ.–Fullerton (CA)* | 76% | -4% | 2932 | 7% | 6130 | 55% | 59% |
| 29 | University of CA–San Diego (CA)* | 89% | -4% | 2343 | 16% | 10603 | 39% | 42% |
| 30 | CA State Univ.–Monterey Bay (CA)* | 67% | -3% | 536 | 10% | 10361 | 55% | 61% |
| 31 | CA State University–San Marcos (CA)* | 65% | -2% | 807 | 4% | 10762 | 56% | 63% |
| 32 | University of WA–Bothell (WA)* | 78% | -7% | 356 | 4% | 8006 | 43% | 48% |
| 33 | Sonoma State University (CA)* | 70% | -7% | 569 | -3% | 13989 | 48% | 57% |
| 34 | Arizona State. Univ.–Skysong (AZ)* | 54% | -9% | 498 | 0% | 12694 | 60% | 71% |
| 35 | Fresno Pacific University (CA) | 64% | 2% | 357 | 19% | 16978 | 63% | 66% |
| 36 | University of California–Irvine (CA)* | 87% | -3% | 2560 | 13% | 10044 | 43% | 43% |
| 37 | University of California–LA (CA)* | 93% | -4% | 2799 | 11% | 9938 | 43% | 42% |
| 38 | University of CA–Berkeley (CA)* | 93% | -5% | 2338 | 9% | 9854 | 38% | 38% |
| 39 | San Jose State University (CA)* | 73% | -4% | 2093 | 7% | 13069 | 50% | 48% |
| 40 | Oregon Institute of Technology (OR)* | 51% | -11% | 227 | -5% | 14174 | 50% | 58% |
| 41 | Washington State University (WA)* | 66% | -13% | 1684 | -4% | 11000 | 48% | 56% |
| 42 | Colorado School of Mines (CO)* | 77% | -5% | 142 | -2% | 19462 | 29% | 42% |
| 43 | Western Washington Univ. (WA)* | 73% | -11% | 823 | 2% | 12528 | 45% | 50% |
| 44 | Pomona College (CA) | 95% | -1% | 64 | 11% | 7632 | 28% | 37% |
| 45 | San Francisco State University (CA)* | 68% | -2% | 2392 | 1% | 12644 | 55% | 57% |
| 46 | Thomas Aquinas College (CA) | 81% | -1% | 30 | 11% | 18435 | 28% | 43% |
| 47 | University of CA–Santa Barbara (CA)* | 85% | -4% | 1831 | 12% | 11841 | 45% | 48% |
| 48 | University of CA–Riverside (CA)* | 78% | 0% | 2393 | 22% | 8995 | 52% | 48% |
| 49 | University of WA–Seattle (WA)* | 83% | -7% | 1751 | 3% | 7719 | 43% | 44% |
| 50 | Central Washington University (WA)* | 61% | -8% | 853 | -1% | 12223 | 55% | 57% |
| 51 | Brigham Young Univ.–Hawaii (HI) | 65% | -10% | 138 | -1% | 11413 | 49% | 58% |
| 52 | CA State University–East Bay (CA)* | 67% | -9% | 1203 | 9% | 10307 | 59% | 60% |
| 53 | University of Southern CA (CA) | 93% | -4% | 1141 | 3% | 17525 | 41% | 40% |
| 54 | Cal Poly Humboldt (CA)* | 61% | -9% | 699 | 18% | 12665 | 59% | 62% |
| 55 | Utah Valley University (UT)* | 37% | -7% | 903 | 0% | 7995 | 64% | 64% |
| 56 | University of Redlands (CA) | 73% | 3% | 267 | 3% | 21955 | 54% | 52% |
| 57 | Touro College Los Angeles (CA) | 54% | -33% | 9 | 11% | 17626 | 43% | 71% |
| 58 | Montana State Univ.–Northern (MT)* | 42% | -4% | 75 | -2% | 11636 | 57% | 62% |
| 59 | Eastern Washington University (WA)* | 59% | -10% | 856 | -9% | 9444 | 57% | 58% |
| 60 | Santa Clara University (CA) | 90% | -3% | 194 | -7% | 24217 | 39% | 39% |
| 61 | Whitworth University (WA) | 75% | -13% | 125 | 7% | 19233 | 48% | 51% |
| 62 | Southern Utah University (UT)* | 53% | -10% | 311 | 12% | 12419 | 55% | 60% |
| 63 | San Diego State University (CA)* | 79% | -5% | 2428 | -4% | 10567 | 53% | 53% |
| 64 | University of Arizona (AZ)* | 63% | -12% | 1982 | 7% | 11343 | 54% | 58% |
| 65 | Saint Martin's University (WA) | 65% | -6% | 125 | 5% | 18954 | 57% | 58% |
| 66 | John Paul the Great Catholic U. (CA) | 60% | -14% | 12 | 2% | 25498 | 39% | 54% |
| 67 | William Jessup University (CA) | 68% | -2% | 105 | 1% | 20272 | 56% | 59% |
| 68 | Mount St. Mary's Univ.–LA (CA) | 65% | 8% | 286 | 10% | 28112 | 61% | 56% |
| 69 | Portland State University (OR)* | 53% | -3% | 1711 | 7% | 11963 | 67% | 63% |
| 70 | Colorado State University (CO)* | 70% | -11% | 1232 | -4% | 13669 | 48% | 55% |
| 71 | Alaska Pacific University (AK) | 38% | 8% | 18 | 8% | 18894 | 59% | 60% |
| 72 | Linfield College (OR) | 72% | -8% | 108 | -6% | 22925 | 45% | 49% |
| 73 | Westminster College (UT) | 65% | -8% | 139 | 9% | 19513 | 50% | 53% |
| 74 | University of Oregon (OR)* | 73% | -10% | 1135 | -1% | 13706 | 52% | 54% |
| 75 | University of Utah (UT)* | 69% | -14% | 1433 | 5% | 12519 | 56% | 55% |
| 76 | Prescott College (AZ) | 57% | 7% | 73 | 22% | 17540 | 63% | 59% |
| 77 | Providence Christian College (CA) | 61% | 27% | 8 | -3% | 20685 | 58% | 60% |
| 78 | Arizona State University (AZ)* | 64% | -12% | 3189 | 9% | 9652 | 60% | 55% |
| 79 | Carroll College (MT) | 68% | -12% | 66 | -2% | 19689 | 47% | 48% |
| 80 | University of Portland (OR) | 82% | -3% | 225 | -4% | 30622 | 37% | 42% |
| 81 | University of the Pacific (CA) | 74% | -1% | 362 | 10% | 22879 | 45% | 41% |
| 82 | Whitman College (WA) | 88% | -3% | 43 | 3% | 21290 | 27% | 39% |
| 83 | California Lutheran University (CA) | 72% | -4% | 212 | 4% | 20723 | 50% | 51% |
| 84 | University of CA–Santa Cruz (CA)* | 80% | -5% | 1744 | 9% | 12434 | 42% | 46% |
| 85 | Amer. InterCont. Univ.–Online (IL)° | 23% | -6% | 1005 | 21% | 12422 | 80% | 85% |
| 86 | DigiPen Institute of Tech. (WA)° | 44% | -5% | 32 | 12% | 35023 | 41% | 48% |
| 87 | Soka University of America (CA) | 92% | -9% | 31 | 0% | 12337 | 58% | 50% |
| 88 | Occidental College (CA) | 84% | 2% | 108 | 6% | 16697 | 36% | 35% |
| 89 | Pacific Lutheran University (WA) | 71% | -15% | 197 | 9% | 18247 | 48% | 50% |
| 90 | Northern Arizona University (AZ)* | 59% | -13% | 1719 | 2% | 11363 | 59% | 61% |
| 91 | Gonzaga University (WA) | 85% | -4% | 216 | -9% | 25522 | 41% | 44% |
| 92 | Warner Pacific University (OR) | 46% | -8% | 65 | 14% | 20293 | 66% | 62% |
| 93 | Heritage University (WA) | 47% | -32% | 111 | 21% | 8602 | 71% | 75% |
| 94 | Eastern Oregon University (OR)* | 41% | -14% | 310 | 4% | 12813 | 69% | 67% |
| 95 | Fort Lewis College (CO)* | 47% | -9% | 211 | -1% | 13671 | 55% | 60% |
| 96 | Western Oregon University (OR)* | 46% | 0% | 388 | 3% | 15209 | 62% | 59% |
| 97 | Weber State University (UT)* | 42% | -13% | 425 | -8% | 10788 | 58% | 62% |
| 98 | University of Hawaii–Hilo (HI)* | 41% | 0% | 269 | 2% | 12917 | 62% | 60% |
| 99 | Pacific Union College (CA) | 59% | -10% | 94 | 0% | 18034 | 60% | 59% |
| 100 | New Mexico Highlands Univ. (NM)* | 39% | -6% | 230 | -5% | 9357 | 70% | 73% |
| 101 | NM Inst. of Mining and Tech (NM)* | 53% | -16% | 74 | 11% | 12318 | 47% | 49% |
| 102 | Embry-Riddle Aero.–Prescott (AZ) | 65% | -8% | 85 | 7% | 31569 | 59% | 47% |
| 103 | University of Antelope Valley (CA)° | 74% | 28% | 53 | -8% | 21500 | 70% | 68% |
| 104 | University of Idaho (ID)* | 58% | -7% | 636 | -5% | 12225 | 59% | 58% |
| 105 | Life Pacific University (CA) | 50% | -1.64E-06 | 38 | 13% | 18741 | 65% | 60% |
| 106 | Scripps College (CA) | 87% | 2% | 31 | -2% | 15306 | 34% | 35% |
| 107 | Colorado College (CO) | 88% | 3% | 50 | 1% | 10523 | 35% | 36% |
| 108 | University of Northern CO (CO)* | 53% | -1.31E-01 | 619 | -6% | 12467 | 55% | 60% |
| 109 | Simpson University (CA) | 72% | -24% | 157 | 2% | 21483 | 55% | 59% |
| 110 | University of Wyoming (WY)* | 60% | -14% | 424 | 1% | 9344 | 53% | 54% |
| 111 | Point Loma Nazarene University (CA) | 75% | -7% | 158 | 4% | 26448 | 46% | 49% |
| 112 | University of Hawaii–West Oahu (HI)* | 51% | 5% | 155 | -8% | 10853 | 63% | 62% |
| 113 | Saint Mary’s College of CA (CA) | 76% | -3% | 206 | -4% | 28105 | 49% | 47% |
| 114 | Corban University (OR) | 55% | -10% | 63 | -2% | 19388 | 51% | 56% |
| 115 | University of San Francisco (CA) | 76% | 0% | 398 | 2% | 29203 | 48% | 46% |
| 116 | Grand Canyon University (AZ) | 36% | -8% | 2892 | 8% | 19198 | 71% | 78% |
| 117 | Willamette University (OR) | 75% | -2% | 100 | 4% | 25468 | 43% | 44% |
| 118 | Oregon State University (OR)* | 64% | -14% | 1331 | -2% | 16863 | 53% | 57% |
| 119 | University of Colorado–Denver (CO)* | 50% | -1% | 606 | -11% | 12863 | 61% | 62% |
| 120 | Los Angeles Pacific University (CA) | 31% | 22% | 53 | -7% | 18930 | N/A | 72% |
| 121 | Pepperdine University (CA) | 84% | 1% | 240 | -7% | 30731 | 46% | 46% |
| 122 | Seattle Pacific University (WA) | 68% | -16% | 223 | 0% | 22538 | 43% | 51% |
| 123 | University of NV–Las Vegas (NV)* | 53% | -7% | 1174 | 3% | 9861 | 66% | 60% |
| 124 | Chaminade Univ. of Honolulu (HI) | 45% | -4% | 134 | 7% | 24877 | 65% | 68% |
| 125 | Holy Names University (CA) | 53% | -8% | 79 | -15% | 19375 | 66% | 65% |
| 126 | University of Colorado–Boulder (CO)* | 69% | -10% | 847 | -5% | 15326 | 46% | 50% |
| 127 | Montana Technological Univ. (MT)* | 52% | -5% | 71 | 6% | 12637 | 1 | 54% |
| 128 | Woodbury University (CA) | 62% | -6% | 138 | 6% | 24019 | 63% | 60% |
| 129 | Whittier College (CA) | 68% | 3% | 152 | -2% | 20973 | 56% | 55% |
| 130 | Utah Tech University (UT)* | 42% | -3% | 246 | 2% | 12161 | 69% | 60% |
| 131 | Northwest University (WA) | 60% | -9% | 99 | 5% | 19465 | 53% | 55% |
| 132 | Azusa Pacific University (CA) | 69% | -6% | 453 | 0% | 23412 | 53% | 56% |
| 133 | Univ. of Montana–Western (MT)* | 46% | -15% | 83 | -11% | 11467 | 62% | 60% |
| 134 | University of Alaska–Fairbanks (AK)* | 33% | -11% | 98 | -10% | 8936 | 63% | 65% |
| 135 | Nevada State College (NV)* | 28% | -10% | 133 | -14% | 12159 | 71% | 68% |
| 136 | Northwest Nazarene University (ID) | 59% | -13% | 96 | -1% | 17691 | 58% | 57% |
| 137 | CO Technical Univ. (CO)° | 23% | -11% | 1358 | 22% | 16303 | 77% | 84% |
| 138 | Pitzer College (CA) | 85% | 0% | 40 | -7% | 12842 | 42% | 39% |
| 139 | St. John's College (NM) | 51% | -5% | 25 | 22% | 22434 | 48% | 48% |
| 140 | Lewis-Clark State College (ID)* | 40% | -19% | 206 | -7% | 9310 | 66% | 61% |
| 141 | University of San Diego (CA) | 80% | -5% | 210 | -9% | 24101 | 46% | 47% |
| 142 | University of Alaska Southeast (AK)* | 35% | 1% | 37 | -18% | 8976 | 64% | 66% |
| 143 | Seattle University (WA) | 78% | -5% | 264 | -3% | 28549 | 44% | 45% |
| 144 | Southern Oregon University (OR)* | 46% | -10% | 382 | -8% | 8113 | 65% | 59% |
| 145 | College of Idaho (ID) | 66% | -10% | 75 | -3% | 19623 | 54% | 54% |
| 146 | Westmont College (CA) | 76% | 4% | 74 | -5% | 25254 | 41% | 42% |
| 147 | Vanguard Univ. of So. California (CA) | 65% | -8% | 178 | 2% | 17006 | 57% | 57% |
| 148 | Univ. of Advancing Technology (AZ) | 31% | 5% | 63 | 10% | 17128 | 64% | 58% |
| 149 | National University (CA) | 34% | -14% | 753 | -17% | 19370 | 66% | 66% |
| 150 | University of Puget Sound (WA) | 78% | -8% | 110 | 3% | 28054 | 41% | 40% |
| 151 | Bethesda University (CA) | 30% | 5% | 14 | -16% | 14563 | 68% | 67% |
| 152 | University of La Verne (CA) | 66% | -3% | 590 | 4% | 23811 | 66% | 63% |
| 153 | Idaho State University (ID)* | 45% | -10% | 2555 | -4% | 15940 | 69% | 65% |
| 154 | Regis University (CO) | 58% | -4% | 333 | -10% | 21525 | 59% | 59% |
| 155 | George Fox University (OR) | 73% | -11% | 210 | -3% | 24439 | 47% | 52% |
| 156 | California Baptist University (CA) | 62% | -15% | 521 | 8% | 21278 | 62% | 58% |
| 157 | Northwest Christian University (OR) | 59% | -20% | 58 | -1% | 18120 | 65% | 61% |
| 158 | University of Denver (CO) | 75% | -3% | 228 | -1% | 21616 | 49% | 47% |
| 159 | Colorado Mesa University (CO)* | 36% | -12% | 309 | -6% | 13805 | 63% | 59% |
| 160 | Montana State Univ.–Billings (MT)* | 34% | -9% | 161 | -12% | 12557 | 62% | 65% |
| 161 | Univ. of CO–Colorado Springs (CO)* | 50% | -9% | 503 | -1% | 13269 | 57% | 60% |
| 162 | Rocky Mountain College (MT) | 50% | -11% | 67 | -2% | 16503 | 54% | 56% |
| 163 | University of Nevada–Reno (NV)* | 58% | -11% | 797 | -1% | 12688 | 57% | 55% |
| 164 | Rocky Mt. Coll. of Art & Design (CO) | 35% | 2% | 70 | 12% | 20990 | 58% | 62% |
| 165 | Art Center College of Design (CA) | 71% | -4% | 134 | 9% | 40928 | 54% | 51% |
| 166 | La Sierra University (CA) | 52% | 0% | 402 | 2% | 20722 | 67% | 58% |
| 167 | Walla Walla University (WA) | 60% | -17% | 93 | -10% | 18179 | 51% | 53% |
| 168 | Adams State University (CO)* | 39% | -3% | 157 | 3% | 11477 | 68% | 64% |
| 169 | Metropolitan State U. Denver (CO)* | 36% | -6% | 1034 | -10% | 13189 | 69% | 63% |
| 170 | University of Hawaii–Manoa (HI)* | 62% | -5% | 849 | -1% | 12625 | 53% | 46% |
| 171 | Humphreys–Stockton/Modesto (CA) | 38% | -12% | 68 | 7% | 9568 | 82% | 75% |
| 172 | Lewis & Clark College (OR) | 78% | -9% | 111 | 3% | 22652 | 41% | 41% |
| 173 | Sierra Nevada College (NV) | 53% | -4% | 48 | -6% | 25495 | 58% | 59% |
| 174 | University of Phoenix–Nevada (NV)° | 39% | -5% | 154 | -17% | 14777 | 79% | 68% |
| 175 | Loyola Marymount University (CA) | 82% | -4% | 294 | -7% | 32960 | 46% | 46% |
| 176 | Ashford University (IA)° | 21% | 0% | 6103 | -7% | 20072 | 78% | 71% |
| 177 | Western Governors University (UT) | 50% | -27% | 3326 | 17% | 9544 | 70% | 56% |
| 178 | Montana State University (MT)* | 54% | -10% | 635 | -3% | 17033 | 52% | 53% |
| 179 | University of Montana (MT)* | 45% | -17% | 446 | 7% | 13970 | 61% | 58% |
| 180 | Pacific University (OR) | 66% | -13% | 132 | 1% | 23845 | 48% | 48% |
| 181 | Arizona Christian University (AZ) | 45% | -3% | 33 | -10% | 22866 | 62% | 63% |
| 182 | CO State University–Pueblo (CO)* | 39% | -9% | 324 | -2% | 11904 | 65% | 60% |
| 183 | Western Colorado University (CO)* | 49% | -11% | 102 | -13% | 14447 | 54% | 56% |
| 184 | Hope International University (CA) | 41% | -3% | 37 | -2% | 17921 | 61% | 62% |
| 185 | University of Phoenix–Phoenix (AZ)° | 27% | -1% | 9068 | -5% | 13501 | 79% | 69% |
| 186 | Naropa University (CO) | 57% | -9% | 44 | 17% | 24923 | 61% | 60% |
| 187 | Biola University (CA) | 71% | -4% | 298 | -2% | 27064 | 48% | 48% |
| 188 | Colorado Christian University (CO) | 36% | -14% | 230 | -4% | 22589 | 62% | 67% |
| 189 | Reed College (OR) | 82% | -5% | 56 | 6% | 17265 | 40% | 35% |
| 190 | University of Alaska–Anchorage (AK)* | 32% | -18% | 193 | -10% | 11529 | 63% | 63% |
| 191 | Eastern NM University–Main (NM)* | 43% | -10% | 251 | -16% | 8796 | 70% | 64% |
| 192 | University of Providence (MT) | 51% | -8% | 77 | -17% | 21139 | 65% | 61% |
| 193 | University of NM–Main (NM)* | 50% | -12% | 657 | -2% | 14168 | 70% | 63% |
| 194 | Hawaii Pacific University (HI) | 35% | -7% | 183 | -9% | 26152 | 60% | 60% |
| 195 | University of Phoenix–Hawaii (HI)° | 47% | 2% | 87 | -20% | 13118 | 79% | 69% |
| 196 | San Diego Christian College (CA) | 39% | 2% | 80 | 4% | 31103 | 63% | 62% |
| 197 | Cogswell Polytechnic College (CA) | 41% | -22% | 29 | 4% | 27788 | 61% | 60% |
| 198 | NM State Univ.–Main (NM)* | 52% | -11% | 703 | -3% | 7946 | 70% | 64% |
| 199 | University of the West (CA) | 54% | -16% | 4 | -7% | 10367 | 78% | 72% |
| 200 | Newschool of Arch. & Design (CA) | 59% | -21% | 30 | 0% | 34058 | 68% | 67% |
| 201 | Multnomah University (OR) | 53% | -15% | 50 | 2% | 26754 | 56% | 58% |
| 202 | Boise State University (ID)* | 49% | -13% | 877 | -9% | 13560 | 66% | 61% |
| 203 | Western New Mexico Univ. (NM)* | 32% | -12% | 102 | -11% | 13126 | 74% | 72% |
| 204 | Chapman University (CA) | 80% | -3% | 292 | -7% | 34243 | 49% | 44% |
| 205 | Master's University (CA) | 56% | -40% | 67 | -6% | 24110 | 42% | 58% |
| 206 | Dominican University of CA (CA) | 70% | -11% | 122 | -2% | 28320 | 49% | 42% |
| 207 | DeVry University–Phoenix (AZ)° | 24% | -10% | 100 | -3% | 29404 | 76% | 71% |
| 208 | Concordia University–Irvine (CA) | 63% | -15% | 120 | -10% | 23230 | 51% | 51% |
| 209 | University of the Southwest (NM) | 30% | -8% | 33 | -9% | 17919 | 73% | 66% |
| 210 | Univ. of Phoenix–Southern CA (CA)° | 50% | 2% | 1927 | -21% | 13233 | 79% | 58% |
| 211 | City University of Seattle (WA) | 42% | -33% | 59 | -21% | 20567 | 64% | 68% |
| 212 | California Institute of the Arts (CA) | 67% | -5% | 65 | 0% | 46492 | 55% | 52% |
| 213 | DeVry University–Ontario (CA)° | 26% | -6% | 640 | 0% | 26835 | 76% | 67% |
| 214 | Academy of Art University (CA)° | 28% | -20% | 245 | -4% | 32331 | 70% | 72% |